No sooner had he arrived than he ______ to complain about the terrible weather.
A.began | B.would begin | C.had begun | D.begins |
Had he spent more time practicing speaking English before, he _______ able to speak it much better now.
A.will be | B.would be | C.has been | D.would have been |
The famous musician as well as his students referred to ______to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Taipei Flower Expo.
A.was invited | B.were invited |
C.have been invited | D.has been invited |
----We thought he would have got high marks in the mid-term exam for English.
----What a pity! He ________ too nervous when sitting the English exam that day.
A.was | B.had been | C.has been | D.would have been. |
——Has James finished his report on his Enquiry Learning yet?
——I’m not sure.She _________ on it last week.
A.was working | B.has worked |
C.worked | D.had worked |
A Santa Monica High School teacher ________ put on leave after using physical force to control a student selling marijuana(大麻) in his classroom ________ surprising support on Facebook.
A.who; has received | B.who was; was received |
C.was; was received | D.that was; has received |
Since the new speed limits ______,the number of accidents in the area has fallen strikingly.
A.were introduced | B.introduced |
C.have been introduced | D.have introduced |
The news came as no surprise to me. I _____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
A.knew | B.had known |
C.have known | D.know |
The timetable says the train from Harbin _____ at 19:26, but today ________ one hour late because of the bad weather. So we have to wait another one hour.
A.arrives; it’s arriving | B.arrives; it has arrived |
C.arrived; it has arrived | D.arrived; it’s arriving |
In Turkey, sometimes babies _______ for the time of their birth.
A.are named | B.name |
C.have been named | D.named |
—Have you started writing your report?
—Not yet.I _______ a hard time getting the information.
A.am having | B.had |
C.was having | D.will have |
—Have you received a reply to your job application?
—No.I ______.
A.waited | B.am waiting |
C.have waited | D.had been waiting |
Since the new speed limits ______,the number of accidents in the area has fallen strikingly.
A.were introduced |
B.introduced |
C.have been introduced |
D.have introduced |
I ________ in Nanjing for many years, but I’ve never regretted my final decision to move back to Huai’an.
A.worked | B.was working | C.have worked | D.had worked |
According to Charles Keeling, the amount of carbon dioxide ________ sharply and steadily over the forty years between 1957 and 1997.
A.increased | B.had increased |
C.had been increased | D.was increasing |